News

27 April 2017 was once again dominated by Germany’s nationwide Girls’ Day, with around 100,000 schoolgirls taking the opportunity to find out about careers in IT, manual trades, science and technology. At IVU, too, 18 girls...

Last week, IVU welcomed a high-ranking visitor. The Republic of the Philippines Secretary of Transportation, Arthur Tugade, paid a visit to the Berlin headquarters of IVU during his trip to Germany. Together with the Philippines...

IVU will be on board when the peak season starts up again on 30 June in Neubrandenburg. During this time, the number of tourists and day-trippers in the town located in the Mecklenburg region increases noticeably. The nearby Lake...

Routing from door to door with any means of transportation and in buildings as well – the technical groundwork for this has been laid by the DYNAMO research project. Between 2013 and 2016, project partners from the fields of...

As it did during the 2014 World Cup, Stadtwerke Münster is doing football fans a favour once more: anyone who is unable to watch Germany’s matches at Euro 2016 on TV at home or in public screenings can still keep up with the...

On 11 June 2016, the “smartest night of the year” took place again in Berlin. And of course the smart minds from IVU were part of it, too. At the Railway Operations and Experimental Site (EBuEf) at the Technische Universität...

At the 16th Girls’ Day on 28 April 2016, over 100,000 schoolgirls throughout Germany learned about careers in IT, manual trades, science and technology. IVU also got involved, giving ten interested girls aged 12 to 15 the...

The m4guide research project was geared towards safe door-to-door travel assistance for people with blindness or visual impairment. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology (BMWi), scientific and...

Students from Ilmenau University of Technology spent a week in March delving into the topic of public transport information systems. In the context of a compact course, transport experts gave practical insights into the technical...

Only those who are constantly up to speed with the latest technology can write complex software. IVU’s in-house Developer School gives developers regular opportunities to discuss new technologies and enhancements to their...

Straight from practical experience to development – that’s the idea of the IVU user groups. Several transport authorities and companies have now set up another user group at an inaugural meeting at IVU’s headquarters in Berlin....

At the One Stop Europe 2015 conference, IVU presented initial findings from the research project m4guide, which aims to develop a navigation solution for the blind and visually impaired. IVU engineer Henry Michels explained to...

MainDays 2015 is taking place in Berlin on 24-25 March 2015. At this annual event of the maintenance sector, IVU is presenting IVU.workforce, its solution for mobile field service deployment. Visitors will be able to try out the...

During the carnival period everything is a bit different – and in the German city of Münster this even includes the tariffs for local public transport services. In the week leading up to Shrove Tuesday, the customers of the...

Together with other partners, IVU has worked in the IP-KOM-ÖV research project of the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) to develop the future standard for digital data transmission in public transport vehicles. As...

In Budapest, passengers using the public transport services of BKK (Budapesti Közlekedési Központ) can now plan their journeys with Google Maps. The route planning function of the online service presents live information about...

IVU is always keen to offer students an insight into the IT systems that keep public transport operations running smoothly. A recent example of this was the “IVU-Sakarya University 1st Summer School” from 18 to 22 August.

After receiving the UITP award in May of last year, IVU Traffic Technologies AG has been honoured once again. Together with Transport for London and Aardvark, it was awarded a prize for "Excellence in Technology" on 5 March at...

On 16th and 30th March, the city council, district councillors and mayor were elected in the Bavarian state capital of Munich. More than 1 million voters were called upon to choose the 80 members of the city council in a complex...

Behind the gates of the Technische Universität Berlin (TU) there is a very special facility: the Railway Operation and Testing Field (EBuEf). It brings a gleam to the eye of any railway enthusiast, because the EBuEf offers an...

IVU CEO Martin Müller-Elschner is one of 14 business delegates accompanying the German Federal President Joachim Gauck on his three-day trip to Myanmar from 9 to 11 February. They will be attending the first German-Myanmar...

In addition to the 57 dynamic passenger information columns currently being installed in the Aachen area by the ASEAG public transport company, passengers will in future also be able to access information directly while on the...

There is considerable potential for development in this long narrow country on the coast of the South China Sea. This is why a business delegation accompanied Berlin’s Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit last week on his visit to the...

Today the first 3,000 copies of IVU’s new logistics brochures were delivered. On 16 pages, the reader is given an overview of the potential for strategic location optimisation with IVU.locate and the efficient deployment of...

After Bavaria voted for its new Landtag on September 15, this Sunday it was the turn of all Germans to cast their votes in their general election. In advance, some 62 million eligible voters had received their electoral...

Coinciding with the European Mobility Week, this Monday saw the launch of the “Grow with Public Transport” campaign of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP). And as a supplier of software solutions for modern...

Some 230 participants came together in London on 11 September to discuss trends and developments in passenger information services. As the developer of the largest passenger information system worldwide, IVU also had a...

Even the best geoinformation system can only deliver meaningful results if it has access to reliable data. In most European countries basic standardised geodata in the form of topographic maps, routing-compatible road networks,...

Thanks to the dynamic passenger information system IVU.realtime, the customers of Transport for London (TfL) are always well-informed. IVU.realtime consolidates the real-time bus information in London and distributes it directly...

Soft skills such as a clear writing style can be vital for a successful career. This applies both for graduates with a background in the humanities and also for engineers and natural scientists. But expressing thoughts, queries...

“It is pleasing to see that our work is bearing fruit. IVU Italia is growing – and has been for the past 13 years. I am proud that my team can continue to convince all over Italy with its development expertise.” Mario Stefani,...

In June 2006, the MVV transport and tariff association in Munich (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund) introduced its MVV Ticket Navigator, a specially developed service providing extensive travel and tariff advice on a scale...

More than 300 companies will be presenting themselves to interested students and graduates in this anniversary year of the Aachen Bonding contact fair. On 3 December at 9.30 a.m. the contact exhibition will open its gates for the...

Public transport is becoming increasingly important for the major cities of the world as their road traffic becomes more and more congested. But in order to motivate car drivers to switch to public transport, the services offered...

On 26 October the working group “Self-employed in the SPD” extended an invitation to an information event in the Aachen branch of IVU Traffic Technologies AG. The guest of honour on the panel discussing the planned Campusbahn...

Once again this year the Computer Sciences Department of RWTH Aachen University is holding a summer festival with its new graduates. Certificates will be presented in a graduation ceremony on 22 June. IVU is a sponsor for the...

On 4 June 2012, Martin Müller-Elschner, CEO of IVU Traffic Technologies AG, will be giving a guest lecture at the Technische Universität Berlin on modern IT mobility solutions as part of the lecture series Supply and production...

On 24 April, the Connecticum job fair opens its doors in Berlin for the tenth time, offering students and graduates an opportunity to learn about a wide variety of possible careers. IVU is once again represented at the company...

As part of the programme of “Germany and India 2011/2012, with its thematic focus on “City Spaces”, Berlin’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce extended invitations to companies from the region to travel to India from 24 to 29...

The use of geo-data has become a part of our everyday lives. Journey routes are calculated, locations at the other end of the world are explored using the Internet, or the nearest filling station is identified using a smartphone.

A view of the workings of a modern public transport company is offered by the book “IT-Systeme für Verkehrsunternehmen: Informationstechnik im öffentlichen Personenverkehr” from the IT specialist Dr. Gero Scholz.

Once again the bonding company contact exhibition in Aachen is a central meeting point for young job seekers and the companies in the region. It opens its gates for the 24th time on 28 November – this year with 4000 m² of floor...

On 9 November the Technology Centre Aachen will be hosting the Company Night 2011. IVU is taking part and will be giving interested students and graduates an interesting opportunity to learn more about daily work in the company.